When Doctors Don't Listen: How to Avoid Misdiagnoses and Unnecessary Tests

by Joshua Kosowsky, Leana Wen, Joshua M. Kosowsky, et al.

Book Overview

In this examination of the doctor-patient relationship, Drs. Wen and Kosowsky argue that diagnosis, once the cornerstone of medicine, is fast becoming a lost art, with grave consequences.

Using real-life stories of cookbook-diagnoses-gone-bad, the doctors illustrate how active patient participation can prevent these mistakes. Wen and Kosowsky offer tangible follow-up questions patients can easily incorporate into every doctor's visit...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312594917
• ISBN13: 9780312594916
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.4"